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The apparatuses and systems disclosed herein may comprise, an index configured to contain a plurality of entries, wherein each entry associates a logical identifier with a physical storage location of a non-volatile storage medium that comprises valid data of the logical identifier, a request receiver module configured to receive an indication that a specified logical identifier is empty, and an index module configured to remove an entry from the index that associates the specified logical identifier with a physical storage location of the non-volatile storage medium in response to the indication. The request receiver module may be configured to receive the indication through one of a block device interface and via a block storage protocol.

Added by DJM 3 2021